the Queen of Romance, The

Marguerite Florence Laura Jervis was born in Burma in 1886 and became one of the most successful novelists of her time, publishing over 140 novels, 11 of which were adapted for film, including The Pleasure Garden, directorial debut of Alfred Hitchcock. Known variously as Mrs Caradoc Evans, Oliver Sandys, Countess Barcynska and many other pseudonyms, who was she really?